2 on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello you're watching the al-jazeera news hour with may decline from our global headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. more protests in tehran hundreds demand the u.k. ambassador be kicked out while others rally against iran's government. has met around supreme leader and president in tehran pushing for diplomacy to bring down tensions with the united states. goes into 3 days of mourning after $89.00 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp. spectacular show of volcanic lightning from an eruption at the

philippine capital has closed the airport unprompted mass evacuations. while there have been a protest across iran for a 2nd day increasing pressure on its leaders also admitted the military accidentally shot down a ukrainian airliner but they're also being rallies against u.k. by those who say its government is trying to stir up chaos on the diplomatic front cutters emea arrived in tehran pushing for talks to try to resolve the crisis with the united states. as this report. an important ally on an important mission. the 1st official visit to iran by the emir of qatar shift the membrane hammett all funny comes at a critical time for the region at the invitation of president hassan rouhani the 2 leaders discussed increasing economic and political cooperation of

a. family yet considering the importance of regional security especially in the waterways in the persian gulf and the strait of hormuz and the sea of a man who decided to have more talks and corporation for the security of the whole region. the recent crisis between iran and the united states was also on the agenda qatar is one of the few countries in the region that maintains a close relationship with washington and tehran. walked has said this visit comes as a very critical time in the region and we've agreed that the only solution is to diffuse escalations among all parties and we've also agreed that dialogue and only dialogue and it is the only route to any solution to any crisis and the mere also met iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei before ending his one day visit the supreme leader stressed to han's readiness for wider cooperation with regional states as the current political climate is very sensitive in the region because of u.s.

policies. while the diplomatic talks were underway this was the scene outside the british embassy in tehran the chance calling for the embassy to be shut down. on saturday the british ambassador robert macaire was briefly arrested after attending what he said was a vigil for the victims of a rainy and missile strike that brought down a ukrainian airliner killing 176 people in iran some in the ambassador accusing him of attending and illegal protest where demonstrators voiced their anger at the initial denials that are reigning forces had shut. downed plane after days of denials iran's revolutionary guard finally admitted mistakenly shooting down the boeing 737 on wednesday morning the british foreign office described him basters arrest as a breach of international law he's now joining calls for dialogue to reduce tensions and finding

a diplomatic way forward the qatari emir is visit here is being seen as the 1st sign of a real diplomatic efforts to ease the hostilities between iran and the united states but it's too early to say whether or not it will have to desired outcome sources of al-jazeera takraw. when all the while u.s. president don't trump is being back on twitter showing his support for iranians protesting against the government's let's go straightaway to alan fischer he's live for us in washington and tell us more about what the president's been saying. well you remember 24 hours ago we were talking about donald trump tweeting in farsi for the 1st time apparently that tweet is the most retreated farsi tweet in history something that will please don't hold trump he's been on twitter again in the last few hours he's saying to the iranians that they should not kill their protesters he's asking for them to switch on the internet and says reporters should be allowed to roam freely this coming from

a president who in the united states has described the media as the enemy of the people and all modestly he's telling the leaders in tehran the world is watching you and the united states is watching you certainly this goes to part of the justification for the killing of castle of money you remember that when that happened the americans said one of the reasons he was targeted was that he had killed a number of peaceful protesters in the united in in iran when they were protesting against previous election results and they believe that this is part of their maximum pressure campaign they believe that their allies and the actions the united states are taking is putting pressure on the regime in tehran and they believe they should be supporting the people on the streets of tehran because they think that that could well move the needle as far as they're concerned the u.s. official policy still remains that they are not after regime change in tehran but if the people there were to rise up it's certainly something that the trumpet

ministration would support that and we have sundays of course in the united states a big day for talk shows that we had this interview with the u.s. defense secretary raising more questions about the actual evidence behind donald trump's decision to assassinate castro so the money. well there's certainly been some concern on capitol hill about the quality of the intelligence that led to the attack and kassam cilla money and many people were concerned about the briefing they said it wasn't complete it was a bit patchy and they don't believe they got the full information it wasn't held by donald trump doing an interview on friday and giving some information that the senators had never had before well it was up to senior figures in the trumpet ministration to go on the sunday talk programs and try and defend the president. the killing of kassam solo money and its consequences continues to reverberate

around the american political scene president donald trump claimed in a televised interview on friday for u.s. embassies when it imminent risk of a rainin attack that he said justified the operation but u.s. defense secretary marc esper was far less certain there was one piece of intelligence that pointed in that direction i didn't see one with regard to 4 embassies what i'm saying is i share the president's view that probably my expectation was they're going to go after our embassies embassies the most prominent display of american presence in a country one of the embassies at risk believed to be the one in baghdad the president's national security adviser insists the threat to 4 was real the intelligence they were working with was in his words exquisite because of the prompt action that we took both with respect to the embassy in baghdad which they would have attempted to overrun and storm and with respect to our military bases that were hit by the iranians with their ballistic missiles there was no loss of american life in any other case and i think that's a credit to the president states but in capitol hill both republicans and democrats

have been critical of the intelligence briefing they were given democrat adam schiff chair of the house intelligence committee stopped just short of accusing the trumpet ministration of lying to congress the brief was much more along the lines frankly of something the secretary pompei o edited the other day when he said that we don't know precisely where and we know know precisely when republican senator rand paul a trump supporter said there was no evidence an attack was imminent and insisted congress must act to limit further action against iran so my point being for this war powers debate is that we really need to have a debate about whether we should still be in iraq or afghanistan and there needs to be authorization from congress. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a war powers resolution aimed at limiting future military action against iran by the trumpet ministration there's no sign it's about to be debated in the senate. the question over the quality of the intelligence that was provided for congress

isn't going to go away and it's not just democrats that are questioning whether or not the trumpet ministration was justified in the action it took for donald trump the what he is those questions are also coming from republicans all right thanks very much indeed alan fischer reporting there well vigils have been held in canada for the 5057 canadian victims of the downed ukrainian air flight in iran thousands attended this one in the city of edmonton 13 of those who died from the promise that justin trudeau has spoken promising and justice for their families. you may feel unbearably lonely. that you are not on. your entire country stands with you tonight tomorrow and in the years to come we will build that future they all dreamed together well earlier another vigil

was held across the country in kind of a larger city of toronto daniel lanka's more from a university that lost 8 students in the crash. other easily more than 2000 people both inside the building and lined up around the outside it was over capacity very quickly and inside emotional scenes as the names of victims were read out occasionally with and their pictures shown in the cage only little stories were told about them people were weeping openly in the audience the people reading the names were choked up and could hardly get the names out children's names used evoked waves of emotion in the audience we also heard from canadian politicians the mayor of toronto the deputy prime minister and they extended their condolences and pointed out again and again that there were no hyphenated canadians as they say here iranian canadians are canadians canadians and iranian canadian stand together that was the message of the day organizers said that they really wanted to provide

comfort both to the direct survivors the victims rather families in toronto but also to show the rest of the city the rest of the country that this was a community determined to both heal and seek justice there adding their voice to the canadian governments which is saying there must be closure accountability transparency in the investigation and justice canadian investigators have arrived in tehran they're setting up an operation there to help with consular issues and with making sure the investigation proceeds properly and we get to the bottom of this justin trudeau the prime minister is leading calls for this and is meeting with leaders from ukraine sweden the u.k. and afghanistan talking to them on the phone to make sure this process goes forward we'll see more vigils like this but frankly this is now becoming a process of pushing for justice and pushing for a resolution and making sure this sort of tragedy doesn't happen again. now france

germany and the united kingdom again encourage iran to comply with the nuclear deal a joint declaration states that they are signatories to the pact remain committed to it. well the nuclear deal called the joint comprehensive plan of action was signed by iran in 6 nations back in july 2015 sanctions were lifted and exchanged iran reduced its nuclear program and allowed international monitoring but donald trump withdrew from the agreement in his 2nd year in office he called it a bad deal for america and reimpose sanctions since then the other nations are trying to stop it from unraveling but following another wave of tough u.s. sanctions in may last year iran began rolling back its compliance 1st it increased its stockpile of enriched uranium then after the us a sense a nation of custom sort of money to iran scrapped all limits on its nuclear activities well robert hunter is a former u.s. ambassador to nato and he believes european leaders are getting increasingly frustrated with the problems that president trump is creating i suspect the message

from the 3 big western powers while directed at tara ron is indirectly directed at mr trump he was the on it started this cycle of problems by withdrawing from the agreement. well almost 30 years ago i suspect because he was jealous of the fact that. his predecessor president obama had no go she had it but this is the europeans saying anough is enough we almost had a war. and over iran in the middle east which would have affected the europeans far more the americans and i think they're trying to tell mr trump come on get back on the same page as the rest of the world we now have the president added states 2 days ago called upon nato to become more and actively involved in security and the reason he would gave it

a new name nato ammi nato me and called on the europeans to get involved are now saying in effect mr president if you want our help for security you 1st have got to stop your role in causing problems and that begins with getting back into the j.c. p.o. a they didn't want to have an actual split with the americans so they were directing their comments towards tehran but there's no question they were trying to tell mr trump you want our help you got to stop making problems well there was a day's news is coming right up commemorations marking 10 years since he's a quaker it was shouted by anger about a poor economic recovery. the scramble for natural resources under the waves of the eastern mediterranean. and tribute to write it killed in a crash at the dakar rally in saudi arabia a piece of the city's. the

deaths of almost 90 soldiers have not be confirmed by neiges government softer attackers stormed a base near the border with mali as all but interests explains from the capital and the army is just the latest incident in a region that's becoming increasingly violent. this is the cost of a conflict that most of the world knows nothing about $89.00 body bags soldiers from the. killed in an attack at an army base. close to the border with no one has yet claimed responsibility but a number of groups active. in violence across the west africa region has been increasing last month 71 soldiers were killed in an attack on the border with mali and broken if some believe the conflict in libya is worsening problems across the region. after the collapse of the libyan state after do the world

narr to it they did by france that it in libya that's way that's went that it on the problems in this a hell because dick aim we hear be and beast that they to attack countries leg miley misha book in their 1st so and those countries at too poor to face the terrorist who are fighting them and french president you mine old mccall of the is expected to horse lead a sort of the region on monday where there will most likely discuss the future off francis military presence illicit know we need to have military answer because we need to wear educate does jihad youths until is him also big it won't be enough because we need to bring also so show answers i also in the region book what i most also stepped of attacks on the military and civilians in the neck chad area at 1st believe that a lot with a military solution governments in the region must do more to address poverty

that's pushing lore young men to drawing the on the group's the united nations estimates half a 1000000 people have been displaced in the region because of the fathers homage a grease i'll just you know the i me and you shit to seize fathers in syria and libya appears beholding for the most part they were brokered by rusher in turkey who support different sides in both conflict well get an update on syria from jim our as shall shortly 1st libya where the fighting is between warlord haly for have to and the u.n. recognize government in tripoli my mood up the why had its in the cup it's now quiet in the front lines as we're getting reports from military commanders on the ground it's now quiet compared to last night but despite that the government has it imported that it has dick documented violations by have to us forces overnight and this morning and also overnight only

a few minutes after the spokesman of have to announce said that they are putting the cease fire in place also we spoke earlier today to civilians eyewitnesses locals in ains our neighborhood they said that have to the forces also opened fire randomly in the area this morning but the government is it's a rating that it's not going to stay silent in front of any violations by have to force as a member of stand that the government has been repeating that half the us forces pulling out of southern tripoli is a prerequisite for the government for the government to proceed in any settlement to this conflict where on syria where a cease fire in the provinces and during sporadic fighting through its hopes it will hold to allow me to aid into the province which is the last major swear you the rebel held territory so when the shell is monitoring developments from ankara

in neighboring turkey. the side from the fact of people fearing to be essentially bombed out of the skies by the regime of bashar al assad than even by russian warplanes there is a dire humanitarian situation which is a consequence of 78 years of war that continues to plague all this is in civilians of syria in terms of how likely it is to hold this is the umpteenth time that some sort of ceasefire agreement has been reached and what is different maybe from with regard to syria is of libya is that there is no where near a nice form of equilibrium between the military powers you have armed rebel groups that are now or only in control of this. province the the the region of it and you have on the other side of the syrian army you have iranian backed militia you have the russian military which are of a centrally used all of their might some firepower to corner those rebel groups or

what's left of them in this small area and essentially has been pounding them for months if not for the past the best part of. years now what's interesting very quickly is that in the past 24 hours the russians have set up checkpoints on the entrances and exits of it live they say to allow for citizens or civilians to leave it live the question is why would they do that if there is a ceasefire which people expect to last skeptics or cynics would say it is an attempt maybe to filter out as many civilians as they can before the fighting resumes once more well the leaders have traveled to a month to meet its new sultan i thin been tardy calcite soltan was sworn in on saturday after the death of his cousin a long time ruler could be inside outside the new leader has promised to uphold his predecessor's approach neutrality saying bazarov the reports now from moscow. a seamless transition of power meant oman woke up to a new sultan while still in mourning for their late monarch at the royal palace

haitham been thought it received world leaders there to offer condolences and pay their respects to all months new leader it's quite rare in the middle east for such a change in power to be so smooth for the new leader to inherit a country so stable and that is a large part of the late sultan qaboos his legacy at the grand mosque in oman's capital people shared memories often speaking of less as a rule or more like family who want to be a country from nothing. like what you see. used to. prioritize diplomacy over division religious coexistence inside the country political noninterference outside neutrality as a way of keeping the peace. in. peace.

we hope. the success is meant. to continue in the same. emphasize the. existence of the people of. his reign was a time of change spanning 5 decades but there's been little pomp and circumstance since his death the transition to a new leader in a dynasty that has ruled the country for 14 generations marked by the same quiet dignity that was known for during his lifetime. imagine if you will. a less fool work for a foreign ministry implementing gentle approach to international affairs. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied

the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in a man's institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way zain basra al-jazeera moscow and not haitians have been paying tribute to victims of the earthquake disaster 10 years ago which killed at least $300000.00 people president juvenile moyes attended the official memorial service at the site of a mass grave he left after a small group of protesters arrived the decade after the quake rebuilding has been frustratingly slow a problem he most blame on government corruption turns about he joins us live now from haiti's capital of port au prince and. and pretend years on an important

commemoration. well that's correct nick i mean it's been an emotional day here in port au prince and all around the country several sara moody's has been going on in different parts of the city people painting the pictures of their loved ones gathering together to remember those who died in the most interesting event actually happened in an area known as sun krzysztof that used to be that's where the trucks loaded with the remains of those who died during the earthquake 10 years ago were taken there was a big mass grave there people continue to go there to put flowers on their loved ones because thousands went missing and that's why people go there to remember those who died that's where president over new mores did the main ceremony here in the country but it didn't last for long there were some diplomats member of the international community and the president himself and they had to leave because

a small group of protesters gather there and they started demanding that she shouldn't be there they started protesting against corruption the economic situation in the country among other things it's been some tense months here in haiti there will have been protests here for months thousands of people taking to the streets demanding the president's resignation complaining about the economic situation how the prices of food have doubled cost mostly by the devaluation of the currency here in haiti so there's been lots of tension then this is when this 10th anniversary is happening it's when people are not happy with what's been happening in haiti in that past 10 years about how this reckon struction process has been handling right now there is that it cannot be crisis but there's also a humanitarian crisis the united nations is saying that more people are going to be suffering from malnutrition in this country and the health care system for example 60 percent of it continues to be complete to deteriorate it so there is

a $100.00 the reconstruction process. roll. well it's been a very big disappointed for most of the people i have spoken to this was a chance to make things different not only in haiti members of the international community so does that chance to run relief efforts in a different way well that did not happen but what we know it was initially at the haiti recovery commission was created it was led by the former u.s. president bill clinton then over $13000000000.00 were pledged in order to help haiti we cover from this earthquake but many of those things did not work out that recovery commission last for about 18 months and then there was a change in government and it was dismantled the thought of the $13000000000.00 only 6 actually maybe to the country and there's no certain figures that are actually how much of that money was disembarrassed and there's been lots of

criticism we interviewed the president himself and he said that he's not happy with what happened in the country his criticism is that the international community completely bypassed haitian institutions haitian civil societies among other things but when you talk to members of the international community they say that there's lots of corruption in this country of they do not trust politicians that they're afraid that corruption is it would have made the situation even worse so here we are 10 years later there's millions of people that continue to struggle in this country and many of those who were displaced due in the earthquake continue to live in dire conditions and that's why there's lots of questions about how the record structure process has what handles here questions of the truth thanks very much to isabel reporting there from haiti to the philippines a country only alert for even bigger eruptions from a volcano some of the manila for a massive tome of exploded into the atmosphere it's close the international airport and force people to leave their homes to enjoy this report. ash and steam spew

one kilometer into the air as the tower volcano explodes south of the philippine capital manila authorities here say there's been a fast escalation of volcanic activity and they've warned it could erupt lava within weeks. down on several villages and cities nearby and kilometers away prompting a mass evacuation thousands of people have been told to leave their homes are all most of them when the volcano emitted steam we ran away up here the road was crowded think ashley and pebbles were following the volcano has created its own weather system and tremors have been felt nearby it's not known when people will be able to return. but we are evacuating we left all of our belongings behind everyone has left all international and domestic flights had to be cancelled at manila's main international airport as the philippines waits to see what the towel

volcano will do next jonjo regan al-jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera why a protest is organized a fun run to send a message to thailand's government military. and instructor which to the double serbia clinched the 1st aid to the. school. hello there in some very severe thunderstorms working their way quite slowly across southern regions of the united states and these storms are not a done yet now the damage began really late friday into saturday and of course revealed itself in the daylight on saturday this is in louisiana you can see here tonight it just swept through and this is the result now the threat of tornadoes remains with this line of severe weather even by monday as

a system the main one really pushes offshore we still got this role of a stubborn frontal system it's where we're going to see the rain showers and those thunderstorms over the next couple of days and it's still staying pretty warm as well 21 to 23 in dallas so we could see more of those severe thunderstorms actually developing and certainly are pensive flood warnings in place because the rain will be heavy and as i say it's not really moving very far meanwhile fair founds of a fair amount of a snow flurries out across the pacific northwest pushing into northern sections of the rockies and we've also got a fair few showers across central portions of central america really all the way from southern mexico right across guatemala honduras on it towards panama and then also throughout much of the leeward and windward islands quite a few showers really over the next couple days becoming a little bit heavier on choose day the winds a fairly brisk but it's not bad in the bahamas 24 your high in.

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you're. telling you what you know is there to remind of our top stories and there have been protests across iran for a 2nd day creating pressure on its leaders self to admit if the military accidentally shot down an ukrainian airliner. arrived in tehran pushing for talk to resolve the crisis with the united states. a vigil is being held in edmonton you kind of have for the 57 canadian victims of the downed ukrainian and flights in iraq prime minister justin trudeau has promised answers and justice for the families and friends of the dead. not just government has confirmed 89 soldiers

were killed in an attack on an army base on thursday is to quit 3 days of mourning from monday 77 rebel fighters were also killed. one of the just mentioned the america has met surrounds president and supreme leader in tehran shaikh tamim bin hamad al tani is the 1st national leader to visit the reigning capital since the assassination of iranian general custom so the money shake tamim said talks were the only way forward in the crisis between iran and the united states let's take this on let's speak to faisal istra body who's director of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university is also a former iraqi ambassador to the u.n. and joins us on skype from bloomington indiana welcome to the program. finds itself in a unique position doesn't it the united states but with strong ties to iran tell me more about what the would have been pushing for and how it would have been received

. well indeed. enjoys good relations with the a lot of the states in the region. including iraq which is also involved in this situation and also turkey which is not directly involved but which another that might also have a role to play with iran. i think everyone in the region wants a deescalation rather than i mean escalation of the tensions of some of the reports are true that even includes. iran and i believe it also includes the president of the united states that maybe those around him want an escalation with iran but i don't think the president now wants to be involved in another war in the middle east so i think a way forward. makes sense through intermediaries and i think i made a couple of there's an obvious place to go for that sort of intermediation the

issues of course are. more complicated now therefore it was the from the iranian perspective sanctions and the fact that the united states withdrew from the nuclear agreement the united states wants to negotiate a better nuclear agreement but it also wants assurances about iran's regional activities which are detrimental to us in person often detrimental to the states involved such as iraq such as lebanon. but now with the with the assassination of parts insulate money i think those efforts will be much more complicated it's possible that because the iranian regime is feeling international pressure but also pressure domestically that it may now find an opportune time to find a way to the escalate. that at least is my hope that a way forward can be found it's best for everyone in the region but we have fewer

not more tensions and a key part of all this is you've already alluded to is a nuclear deal the j p c away and as iran draws down on its obligations europe is encouraging it absolutely to not to. what's influence can the middle east region as a whole the arab world if you like have an iranian can encourage it to stay within the nuclear deal framework. well i mean i think that the truth of the matter is that several of the regional states have been encouraging from but ministration to . confront iran but once the united states actually took action against us and so they mounted and their i mean short of an actual sort of bombing or some other armed intervention in iran topper there could have been no greater a confrontational move by the united states it seems to me than assassinating someone like awesome so they managed once the u.s.

actually did that i think the real estate's in the region sort of had to paraphrase dr johnson their minds focus wonderfully and realize that an actual confrontation with iran lead to a conflagration in the region the real end results of which are unpredictable so i think that one of seen signs that even from some of the more rub out front states in terms of the urging of the president to confront iran such as saudi arabia even the israelis distance themselves from the american action. but the question is how what is the fig leaf that allows that allows iran to come out of this and not appear to have sort of crumbled to american military pressure that's going to be very difficult i think for the diplomats i'm not entirely optimistic that there will be a way forward but no one in the region wants iran to be a nuclear power and that's forget that as far as russia is concerned it too is

a regional power after all it shares a border with iran and russia also 'd does not wish for iran to be a nuclear power. there has to be some question about the easing the sanctions the united states of ramped up sanctions although it's difficult to see how those can be any more effective than the sanctions that have already been in place for all of these issues bringing the complex issues and i i can't see them being resolved very quickly but the hope is that through intermediaries such as the meat of the perhaps a way forward can be found at pfizer by just great to get your perspective on this sentence for as lester body former iraqi ambassador to the united nations in the eastern mediterranean as a scramble for natural resources cyprus ones to become a regional gas player but the balance divided status is complicating things efforts to drill the newly discovered reserves have anchored the self the clever public of northern cyprus and is back at turkey's increasing asserting itself in the region

returned with. the coast of cyprus an oil terminal waits expectantly out in the eastern mediterranean there's gas early last year exxon mobil founded big reserves in cypriot waters if they're pumped the t.t. ies energy hog here could get a big gas boost cyprus certainly will at least part of it but not the self declared republic of northern cyprus recognised only by turkey its foreign minister warns against shutting them out of the bonanza. if the international actors including the international energy companies. they give the message to decrease the bridge site that they can continue to do it alone unilaterally without getting the consent of the turkish cypriots without communicating and cooperating with it or because the bridge site it would not be something good for the relations between the 2 because we will continue to take certain steps and we will do the same the response has

been toward the rise turkish drilling ships protected by the turkish navy to also look for gas and they've been doing it in waters internationally recognized as belonging to greek not a prius cyprus hates it the e.u. and the us do not like it but so far no one's done much to stop it like many problems on this island the gas dispute stems from its divided status since the turkish invasion of 1904 cyprus has been split greek cypriots in the south turkish cypriots to the north this is part of the line between the 2 in the heart of nicosia the world's last remaining divided capital city. gas is a potentially explosive addition to this already combustible situation in the eastern mediterranean in early january greece cyprus and israel signed a deal to build a pipeline to take the region's gas to europe turkey is feeling hemmed in and excluded and he wants to change the way things are being done turkey at all levels

from egypt to the minister of foreign affairs to the chief of the army to the opposition off i get there they are always talking about. the area without turkey playing an important role or without turkey being one of these but mediterranean neighbors see turkey's pushback tactics as illegal and aggressive its recent deal with libya to split rights to the sea between them was condemned by greece france cyprus and egypt as now and avoid the challenge is how to divide the region's gas and sea rights agreeably before things but out of control rory challenge how to 0 cyprus journalists in sudan have denounced the seizure of 2 newspapers and 2 t.v. stations the government says they were funded by the country's former leaders but has not provided any proof of this in the morgan has the story from khartoum. for

nearly 5 years it has worked as a news writer she says it's more than a job for her seeing her work printed in the morning papers in her to give her a sense of accomplishment a sense she says was taken away a week ago when sudan's transitional government seized the paper she works for. i was working on a news piece when i heard that a decision was made to shut down some media outlets including the one i worked for then a military uniform came in and said we had 30 minutes to take our personal belongings and leave this is something we were used to under the former regime but one of the slogans of the new government was freedom fries the freedom inviting us from working. the newspaper is called and sudan and it's one of 4 media outlets the government has seized the new administration came to power in august after months of anti-government protests led to the military overthrow of president obama to be here and after a power sharing deal between the military and protest leaders in late november the

government dissolved the sheers former party and announced that it will seize all its assets and money. if hopeful sofie we are not targeting the major outlets because of the editorial lines low used to say service based on the law to dismantle assets of the former ruling party return the state funds that they have used to prop them up we've got that information to play that the atlas have been funded or have received funds from the former regime. the move has been rejected by the sudanese journalists union which along with other unions was also ordered to disband in december the international federation of journalists has condemned the move calling it a grave assault on press freedom and the fundamental right of freedom of association the seizure of media outlets has not only lets accusations the government is cracking down on press freedom but has also brought in another argument while so dense transitional administration says the move is part of an

investigation to find sources of funds many here especially other journalists are asking if the movie even legal. some say the government should do more to prove its case before taking such actions. this is a decision was based on a decree to dissolve the ruling party but even using that to hold the work of 2 newspapers and t.v. stations gives room for this to be taken as a crackdown on press freedom the body that issued the decision said that the owners of the media outlets to receive funds from the sudanese government but they didn't give any evidence musharraf says she was told her income want to be affected but she wants to know why she's paying the price of a political move that has prevented her and her colleagues from doing their jobs he will morgan al-jazeera heard from. china has maintained its messages of reunification with taiwan and south of the island's vote has delivered a landslide election victory to pro independence president when she says it shows they went down to beijing's intimidation it's got hard to report snow in taipei.

the day after taiwan's historic election reelecting pro independence president signed when the people of this island of 24000000 enjoyed their winter sunday. i hope that those thailand and china well china stop its military threats toward taiwan i believe she is the right leader to deal with china. i do not think she would try to be confrontational after last night we vent to still remain part of a big family though we defend political opinions we share the same thing belief in democratic values with the overwhelming victory for sign one and the d.p.p. some feel that there is added pressure for progress and recognition from china and beyond on the security of the islands independence. in saturday's election saigon of the most votes of any presidential candidate in the young democracy here promising to keep her hardline stance for independence with growing pressure from

china beijing issued a statement shortly after side gave her victory speech as if the landslide election never happened president xi jinping zip ministration continued with its threats of reunification and its opposition to any separatist attempts. but her challenges won't only be on improving cross-tree relations i was economy has been a major political issue here even if there has been a recent boost thanks to the u.s. china trade war she is under tremendous pressure much higher than her 1st time. to perform better on the economy. she was really defeated in the local election about 15 months ago because of the economic situation that didn't go away. so amid the saber rattling from china and calls for economic reform sighs next 4 years start off with major challenges but

she goes into her 2nd term with the confidence of the majority of taiwanese people at least for now scott either al-jazeera type. sport update shortly including data forget for the queen of the slaves in austria. the fall of the burning inspired you to pm dreams of peace and democracy but how many came to pass they transformed from the social democrats but it was a fake democracy people in power travels through the former eastern bloc to ask why post cold war optimism has succumbed to dockum all authoritarian reality the police called a couple who brought a bomb to the notch and they were ready to detonate beyond the wall part 2 on al jazeera when the news breaks today the current government has lost trust the people

they can't do anything because the protestors are against them when people to be coming to places like the represent the loft shots for opponents of brecht's it's trying for the conservatives al-jazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring new moon documentaries and lighting on air and online. rule. the or. not in thailand has seen his biggest political process in years in the form of a fun run organized described it as a run against dictatorship harding reports and a rabbit legal stand against the government. this is no

ordinary job around the park it's a political loophole. in thailand protests need approval by the government running events do not. an estimated 13000 ties to sky's as runners say they are fed up with the government of prime minister private channel and want him to step down the bottom of the bottom line or i want to tell the government that the people don't want you any longer you have been in power for so long but you can't solve any of the country's problems it is getting more and more difficult for grassroots people to make a living. this was the biggest show of dissent against the government since prior you assumed office after the 2014 military coup he held on to power after elections last year with support from an army appointed senate. this run protest follows a rally last month staged by fena thorn is wrong room gronk it the leader of the

progressive future forward party who has emerged as the most outspoken opponent of thailand's new civilian government. he was charged on friday for breaching a law on public assembly and his party faces dissolution i want to be part of the he story i think the 1st there in order to bring about a democrat i say john in the lead is that. general but you have to get out that is the 1st step that would allow that would all but dawes included both say it's all. done in. sunday's event was called run to oust the uncle and an apparent reference to pry its nickname of uncle to. it prompted a rival but smaller walk to cheer the uncle event held in another park which was attended by thousands of older thais right supporters say his leadership has brought stability and security. i have to get all my friends everyone to come and

some part of my promise but i know you can do it happened i read today i just strolled from new york to tell me it will support me in. this 3 finger salute made famous by the hollywood blockbuster film the hunger games is banned in thailand it's used here to show resistance against a 2014 military coup. with fingers held high these jogging protesters are running out of patience leah harding al-jazeera. or let's get on this board is pretty. thank you very much tributes are being paid to portuguese writer paolo gonsalves who's died in a crash at the back already in saudi arabia the 40 year old came off his bike 276 kilometers into sunday 7th stage he was found unconscious by a rescue helicopter having gone into cardiac arrest gonsalves was taking part in his 13th corelli the incident happened at about 10 18 am local time fellow

riders were left shaken as news of the accident spread through the field console this is death is the 1st fatal a c. in the dark already for 5 years organizers have also paid their respects. we don't really know the circumstances but it was a pretty fast track and that is where paolo crashed the medical teams tried to resuscitate him but unfortunately failed to do so and he tied it kilometer 273 of space ships and if you thought it was an iconic figure who'd been on a diet after a long time and everybody knew him just 5 stages ago he was changing the engine on his bike he was ready to nation he also knew the risks of rallying but when the worst happens of course it's very tough for everyone the incident service shattered the day of racing spain's signs so would go on to extend these lead at the top of the chain rule car classification to 10 minutes american is out in front in the bike category. novak djokovic has laid serbia to victory in the inaugural a.t.p.

cup beating spain and rival rafael nadal in sunday's final in sydney spain laid the tie after both about a good b. to do some lie of h. and that man struck a match had to win against nadal in the 2nd singles match to keep subi as hopes alive jockey which took it in straight sets he then returned for the deciding doubles match playing alongside viktor troicki spain didn't use net 0 for the doubles going with a pairing of public outing and feliciano lopez and they were beaten again in straight sets serbia the 1st winds of this new competition. the pinnacle of the whole trip is this trophy and this is what we fall for but i think the highlight that i will take is not just the trophy but is that energy and chemistry and a friendship that wish everything each other and the ball in this stronger and stronger obviously with with this kind of experience now they are not the only top players in the southern hemisphere gearing up for the 1st grand slam of the season

serena williams was up against jessica peculiar in the final of the classic the top seeded change victory 664 walk this is her 1st title in 3 years and her 73rd on the w.t. 8 meaning she's now won titles across the last full decades williams announced she will donate her $43000.00 winner's check and some of her tennis dresses to be australian bushfire relief fund and with a straight in just over a week away victory shows she's a strong contender for an 8th title in melbourne. yeah and feeling pretty good i'm feeling fit until i got some good matches and long rallies short rallies power players elements and so this is exactly what i needed going into mt vernon and it's good. and at the brits been international catalina

has successfully defended a w t a title for the 1st time to near the chick to beat madison to 3 set in the final this is her 16th true title and the interesting. let's go from tennis to football now real madrid have won the 1st spanish super cup final to be staged in saudi arabia they beat city rivals atletico madrid on penalties in jeddah after the game ended goalless captain sergio ramos scoring the decisive spot kick in the shootout to win the trophy for real for the 11th time manchester city sergio agüero has had a record breaking day in the english premier league on sunday scored he's 12 hattrick a new e.p.l. record in a 61 thrashing of western verner is now the leading foreign goal scorer in the league's history as well with 177 and 30 also climb to 2nd in the table above leicester you venters saw the new leaders of italy said they are for

a 21 win at roma on sunday marry them at all and christiana remember for you they are 2nd of roma penalty could not prevent the champions moving 2 points clear of into milan at the top of the table iran's only female olympic medalist has announced she's defecting. a lizard a who won taekwondo bronze medal at the rio olympics in 2016 criticized iran's political system saying she felt oppressed a lizard a who has been training in the netherlands did not give details of way she is now in an instagram post a lizard they wrote i wasn't important to them none of us message to them we would tools i wish for nothing else than full time quando safety and for a happy and healthy life the decision was harder than winning olympic gold i remain a daughter of iran where ever i am. there was an upset for skiing's queen of the

slopes on sunday in australia american became a shifu failed to finish a race for the 1st time in nearly 2 years she slid out during the opening super g. run of the world cup combined event on a tricky calls at elton mocked. of went on to win the title in their 2nd in the rankings which are from is still well clear at the top of the overall standings and in the ski jumping world cup call geiger has extended his lead at the top of the standings of the 2nd victory in as many days the german one sunday's event veld if e.m.a.n. it's early with leaps of 107103 misses. and we'll see you again later for other sports news update. see you later but is it for this news hour but i will be back in a couple minutes from the hall fire of news so you know. frank

assessments the one thing about these bush fires usage really by going out to all of the climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers on the boat this argument is astonishingly patronize an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of the new conscious and aware of youth about struggle against an ethnic sectarian cult of inside story on al-jazeera this is a domicile in men's 4th trip to boozy in 2 days the fisherman is using his boat to risk you as many people as he can was stranded in the flood hit area off the psycho

to die struck mozambique that was up when i 1st saw women with babies on their backs crying for help saying they were dying i knew i had to do something i was late and from the dock a faint whistle in the distance alerts us to people calling for help women children and the elderly are brought on board 1st hungry and thirsty it hasn't taken much time to pull the boat about 200 people have been rescued and more want to get on but there's simply no space. was the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every loved billboard layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on say entry has to start. james once again you and attention for your own cause for this is a dialogue everyone has a voice ok there are states that supply trucks you want to give people the reason for joining the global income the same amount as iraq.

the more protests in tehran hundreds to the u.k. ambassador be kicked out of those running against iran's government may well count as their mayor has met their own supremes leader and president in tehran pushing for diplomacy to bring down tensions with the united states. and i'm glad this is out from doha also coming up on the program goes into 3 days of mourning after $89.00 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp.